Door-holder.



A, G. HANSON.

DOOR HOLDER.

APPLIUATIOH FILED JAIL 26, 1910.

Eatented; 29,

An-Lmv & mum: co. woYmummnAFnE ag \wsmsmu n c ins ALFRED G. HANSON, OFVILLIVIAR, MINNESOTA.

DOOE-EIQLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 26. 1910.

Patented 2% H914 Serial No. 540,216.

To all whom may concern:

Be it known that f ALrnnn G. Hanson, a citizen of the United States,residing at lVillmar, in the county of Kandiyohi, State Of Minnesota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door-Holders; andit. do hereby declare the following to be atull, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to devices tor holding doors, and likestructures, and for bolding them at any desired point fully open orpartly open, and has for one of its objects to improve the constructionand increase the etliciency and utility of devices of this character.

With this and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction as hereafter shown and described and thenspecifically pointed out in the claims; and, in the drawingsillustrative oi the preferred embodiment of the invention, Figure l is aside view of a portion of a door and a portion of the adjacentbase-board and easing with the improvement applied, Fig. 2 is a planview with the door and baseboard in section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1,Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional detail of the adjustable locking member,detached, Fig. l is a trout elevation with the locking bar in section onthe line -fl-.-- l of Fig. 8.

he improved device may be applied without. material structural changesto doors of various sizes, and to similar structures, and may be locatedat any desired pointupon the door, and tor the purpose ot illustrationthe improved device is shown applied to a conventional door and to theadjacent portion of the vase-board, and in the d rawings 10 represents aportion of the door, 11 a portion of the base-board and 12 a portion ofa door casing, with one of the hinges ot' the door re rnfeseuted at1153.

The improved device embraces a bar 'l il coupled. to the wall. adjacentto the door, as for instance to the base-board 11, and is spacedtherefrom by blocks as shown in 2. The bar 14 is 'nfovidcd with aplurality of apertures 16 spaced apart throughout its length, as shownin Fig. 1.

Slidably disposed upon the bar l l is a block or body 17 having guidehooks 18 at one end bearing around the bar l t and providing meanswhereby the block may be slidably disposed upon the bar. The block 17 isprovided at one side with spaced ears 19, and pivotally connected by apin 20 between these cars is a rod 21, the rod being thus swinginglyconnected at one end to the block. Attached to the door 10 is basemember22 having spaced cars 93 through which a pin 2% extends and providespivotal means for couplinp the opposite end ot the rod 21 to the door.

The relative location of the parts will be such thatwhen the door isfully closed the block 17 will be located at the end of the bar 14nearest to the door, and the bar 14- will be of sutlicientlength topermit the door to sir in open to the required extent without causingthe block to strike the tarthermost spa ccd member 15. The block 1? isprovided with a longitudinal here to receive a stem 25 which is reducedat one end as shown at 26 to engage through one of the apertures 16. Theinterior of the block 17 is counterbored as shown at 27, andsurrounding" the stem 25 within the counterbored portion is a spring 28coupled at one end as shown at 29 to the stem and hearing at its otherend against the body of the block. By this means the spring exerts itsforce to maintain the stem 25 in its projected position with the reducedportion 26 yieldably engaging: one ot the apertures 16. The outer end.of the block 17 is provided with an inclined face 30, and the stem 25 isprovided with a laterally projech ing' stud 31 which bears upon theinclined face 30 when the stud is in one position and hears upon theouter flat end 32 of the block when the stud is in another position. Theinclined surface 3 merges without a ny abrupt obstructions into the Hatface so that when the stem is rotated by means of. its knob the contactof the stud Bl with the inclined face 30 will cause the stem to moveoutwardly away from the bar 1% and detach the reduced portion 26 fromengagement therewith, so that the block 17 is tree to he movedlmlfllt'ltillllfllly ot the bar, and thus move the door into an open orpartly open position.

By providing the bar 1% with a. plurality of apertures 16 it will beobvious that the block 17 may be locked to the bar at any desired pointwithin the range of the open tin-es, and thus hold the door in anydesired position, either fully closed, partly open, or fully opened, asmay be desired, or at any intermediate of the wind rigidl retained atany point by simply actuating the stem 25 as above described.

it is desired to leave the door free to be moved without interference,the stem 25 will be located to rotate the stud 31 upon the fiat face 82,and the stem left in this position. The improved device is simple inconstrucion, can be rea lily adapted to a door at any lesired point, andoperates effectually for ie purposes described.

ll hat is claimed is 1 ii a device of the class described, a barprovided with a plurali'y of apertures spaced apart and adaoted to becoupled to a wall adjacent to a door, a block slidable upon said bar andhaving an inclined outer face, a stem slidable through said block andprovided with a lateral stud engaging upon the inclined face thereof,said stem engaging in one of the apertures of said bar when in itsinward position, and a rod swingingly coupled at one end to said blockand adapted point. By this means the door may be held from movement bythe action or from any other cause, and

to be swingingly coupled at its other end to a door. v

2. In a device of the class described, a bar provided with a pluralityof apertures spaced apart and adapted to be coupled to a wall adjacentto a door, a block slidable upon said bar and having an inclined outerface and having projections at the inner end engaging over the edges ofsaid bar, a stem slidable through said block and provided with a lateralstud engaging upon the inclined face thereof, said stem engaging in oneof the apertures of said bar when in its inward position, a spring;operating to niaintain said stem yieldably in eng einent with one of theapertures of said bar, and a rod swingingly coupled at one end to saidblock and adapted to be swingingly coupled at its other end to a door.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

ALFRED G. HiiNSOBT.

Witnesses A. F. Nonninn, 1m. A. SANDEPSON.

